Ice-creeper attachment for horseshoes.



Patented Nov. I3, I900. J. N. CLARKE. ICE GREEPEB ATTACHMENT FOR HORSESHQES.

(Application mea'Au 14, 1900.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

JOHN N. CLARKE, OFEVANSVILLE, INDIANA.-

lCE-CREEPER ATTACHMENT FOR, HORSESHOES.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 661,757, dated November 13, 1900.

Application filed August 14, 1900. Serial No. 26,903. (No model.)

T0 at whom, it may concern:

Be it known that], JOHN N. CLARKE, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice- Creeper Attachments for Horseshoes,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improve-' ments in removable ice-creeper attachments for horseshoes, and has for its object to provide a device of this nature adapted for ready and secure attachment to a horseshoe and formed with projecting calks, so as to insure a firm footing to the horse Without requiring the shoes themselves to be removed and replaced, as is necessary when the horse is roughshod in the ordinary manner.

The invention consists in certain novel features of the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts of theimproved ice-creeper attachment, whereby certain important advantages are attained, and the device is made simpler, cheaper, and otherwise better adapted and more convenient for use, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which serve to illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is an under side view showing an attachment constructed according to my invention applied to a horseshoe. Fig. 2 is a top view of the device detached from the horseshoe. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the improved attachment applied to a horseshoe. Fig. 4 is a cross-section taken through the improved attachment in the plane indicated by the line a a in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a cross-section taken through the device in the plane indicated by theJine b b in Fig. 2.

In these views, 1 indicates a horseshoe, which may be of the ordinary or any kind, herein shown as provided with heel-calks 2 2 and provided along the inner side of its upper part with a beveled or inclined surface 3.

4 indicates the body portion of the im proved attachment, made in the form of a flat metal plate, having at its forward part oppositely-arranged upturned projections 5 5 to extend up on opposite sides of the shoe 1 at the toeportion thereof, and having its rear edge 6 arranged to abut against the heelcalks 2 of the horseshoe, where such heelcalks are present.

The body portion 4 of the attachment carries calks arranged, as herein shown, to project below the heel-calks 2 of the shoe, and said calks of the attachment may be integral with the body 4, as shown at 7 in Fig. 1, or may be constructed, as shown at 8 in said figure, with screw-threaded pins or spurs 9, adapted to be removed and replaced when worn or broken. The pin 9 has an enlarged countersunk upper end, preventing it from being Withdrawn downwardly.

The central portion of the body 4 has at its opposite sides guide-slots 10 10, alined with each other and extended transversely of the body, each opening or slot 10 having at its inner end a laterally-widened part 11 and being adapted to receive a slide-block 12, which is movable along the slot. 12 has on the under side of the plate or body portion 4 a part 13 of greater width than the slot 10 and has on the upper side of said body portion an overhanging or hook-shaped part 15, adapted to be engaged with and over the beveled or inclined surface 3 of the horseshoe, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, to hold the at tachment securely in place upon the horseshoe. The hook-shaped or overhanging part 15 of each slide-block 12 is also provided with lateral arms or projections 14 at its opposite sides, said arms or projections being adapted by engagement with the top side of the body portion 4, at the sides of the slot 10 therein, to hold said slide-block against falling through the slot. The arms or projections 14 are adapted, however, to pass through the enlarged or widened portions 11 0f the slots when the slide-blocks are moved over toward each other, and thereby it is rendered possible to readily remove and replace the slide-blocks Whenever. desired. The slidebiocks 12 have interiorly-scrow-threaded openings with which are engaged the oppositelyscrew-threaded end portions 17 of a shaft 16, held to turn at the central part of the body portion 4, where it is made in a reduced diameter by preference and is held in notches or recesses 18, produced in the under or lower sides of parallel ribs or thickened portions 19,

Each slide-block which are produced integrally on the ody portion 1; between the guide-slots 10, The ribs'19 are .spaced apart, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, to produce between them a slot 20, extended lengthwise in the center of the body and adapted to receive a polygonal head or enlargement 21 central onthe shaft 16 and by means of which said shaft may be readily turned on application of a wrench or othertool. At the forward end of the'slot 20 is formed a socket 22, in which is held a screw the h a of which mad r unded to. adapt 'it for turning engagement with the inner face of the horseshoe 1, at the forward or too portion thereof, in such a way that when said screw is turned to withdraw it from the socket 22 the body portion will be presse on, a t ich the re edge of th body portion 4 is applied against the heel-.ealks 2 f th ho s oe a he body is a d. fla

ain he u der de of he s oe, a shown F g- The s w 2 isthe tu ned. so as to bring ts ee in engag m n with the nner a e of t e, and the by to press e rear edge, 6 of the. b dy firm y against the. h el callgs 2, or in other cases to clamp the toe portio o t e shoe between the head o the. ew n the ntu ned p oj tions o the attachment. The shaft 16. is thereupon turned in an opposite diroQtiQn, so as-to cause the, slide-blocks 12 to be moved away from each ot er and to h gth r overh ngingr hook shaped portions 15 into engagement with the beveled or inclined'surfaces ii 3, of the horseshoe. When desired, the. slide; lo ks 12 may also be readi y e ed om.

ooth a p ara c so not o a fo ment forstones and the like, It will also be obvious from the above description that the device is capable of considerable modification without material departure from the principles and spirit of the invention, and for this reason I do not wish to be understoodas limiting myself to the precise form and arrangement of the. several parts of the improved attachment herein set forth. V

Having thus described my invention, I sh in i r 1. In a devicenof the character described, the combination ofa body portion having calks and provided with guideslots each formed with an expanded part extended through the body portion, a slide-block insertihle, in the expa ded po tion of and movable along each guide-slot. forengagement with a horseshoe, and a shaft held to turn on the body portion and having oppositely-screwthreaded end portions'each engaged with one of said devices for moving the said devices in OPQQSiUG. directions, suhstantiallyas set forth.

2, In device of the character described, the Combination. f a body portion having ealks and pr vided with gnideislots having expandedportions, slide-blocks insertible in he exp nde nortions o th ni er s and movable a ong he. lots in. p sition ojengage a shoe, and mean to move said slide blocks, ubstanti l y s set forth.

In a device o he cha acter described, the combi ation of a bo y po ion having uideo s and pr vided with ri s a rang d QliWQQB the slots and recessed on t e under side of the. body portion, slide-blocks movble along he. gnide slots, a shaf having its entra part he d n the reces es of t e b nd. s n portions nnosi ely srthr aded nd e gag d w h he lide-blocks, and e en= largement on the shaft between the ribs, sub-v s antially as se for h- 4. In a device of the character described, he comb nation of a body portion having calks and provided with guide-slots each hav i g a expande po tion, slidehloeks each to various f ms and sizes of ho o nd.

being readily removable from as Well. as age p able to he s shoe. permi s o qu ckly accommodating the horse to various condi-. tions without necessitating changing of the. shoes themselves. Moreover, the construction of the improved attachment issuchas to offer not the least, pressure upon the frogof the horses hoof, and its underside presents a In a. device of the character describ the, combina n of body portion hav ng ealks an pr ided with devi e r gage m n w th a ho sesho a shaf he o turn and provided W th'a central enlarg ent a d npo' itely serewthr ld tl n p ti ns each engaged with. o e o said device for moving he. a dev ces i opposite d e ons, an

ribs po the body p t on for enga upon opposite sides of the enlargement of the shaft to hold the shaft against endwise movement, substantially as set forth. 7

6. In a device of the character described,

the combination of a body portion having j calks, devices carried by the body portion and movable relatively to each other for engagement with opposite sides of a horseshoe to hold the body portion in place thereon, means to move said shoe-engaging devices relatively to each other, and a device carried on the body portion and movable for engagement with the forward part of the horseshoe, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me at Cincinnati, Ohio, this 19th day of July, 1900.

JOHN N. CLARKE.

. Witnesses:

JOHN ELIAS JoNEs, JOHN RANKIN. 

